23 But this is [a]what I commanded them, saying, ‘(A)Obey My voice, and (B)I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you shall walk [b]entirely in the way which I command you, so that it may (C)go well for you.’ 24 Yet they (D)did not obey or incline their ear, but walked by their own advice and in the stubbornness of their evil hearts, and they [c](E)went backward and not forward. 25 Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have (F)sent you all My servants the prophets, sending them daily, again and again. 26 Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but (G)stiffened their neck; they (H)did more evil than their fathers.

27 “So you shall (I)speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you; and you shall call to them, but they will (J)not answer you. 28 And you shall say to them, ‘This is the nation that (K)did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or accept discipline; [d](L)trustworthiness has perished and has been eliminated from their mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:23 Lit the word
  2. Jeremiah 7:23 Lit in all the way
  3. Jeremiah 7:24 Lit were
  4. Jeremiah 7:28 Or faithfulness

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